Show-case window.



No. 774,268. PATENTBD NOV. 8, 1904.

F. J. osIUs.

sHoW OASE WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED FEB'. 13, 1904. N0 MODEL. 2SHEBTS-SHEET l.

No. 774,268. v PATENTBD NOV. a. 1904.

' F. J. osIUs.

SHOW CASE WINDOW.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 13, 1904. l vNo MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET s.

Patented November 8, 1904.

UNITED STATEsPATENT Crricn.

FREDERICK J. CSIUS, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

SHOW-CASE WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,268, dateaNove'mber s, 1904.

Application filed February 13, 1904. Serial No. 193,370.

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To f/.ZZ 7,072,077@ t III/ty concern.'

Be it known that l, FREDERICK J. OsIUs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Il'visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slio\v-Case.Iinclows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide show-case windows adjustable to project a predetermined distance from building-walls and which in retracted position are Hush with said walls, said invention consisting in what is hereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure l of the drawings represents a vertical longitudinal section View of an adjustable show-case window in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, having parts thereof broken away.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a building-wall provided with an opening for a partly-glazed show-case B, constitilting a window that may be projected a predetermined dista-nce from said wall and retracted flush with the same. Back of the showcase is a platform C, the frame of this platform and that of said show-'case being a unitary structure the parts of which 'are preferably flat and angle-pieces of steel suitably united. As herein shown, the floor of the show-case is a continuation of the top of the platform; but in some instances said floor may be omitted to disclose drawers and their' contents forward of said platform.

Rails D are provided in the frame, and stationary standards E, on the floor of the apartment back of the wall A, are provided with lateral studs on which wheels F are arranged over and under the rails with which they are in contact, these wheels being shown in full and dotted lines. l

Mounted to turn in the frame, transversely thereof under the top ofthe platform, are parallel shafts G H, and link belts I engage sprocket-wheels J, that are fast on the shafts, said belts being connected by pins Z1 or other suitable means with arms c of a pair of the aforesaid standards. Another shaft, K, in a hanger el, attached to a rear upper transverse bar of the frame, has bevel-gear connection with the shaft G and is operated by a crankwheel L to effect adjustment of said frame.

A rock-shaft M has its bearings in the frame transversely of the same, and a cross-head e of this rock-sh aft is connected to vertical boltrods N P, guided in said frame. The ceiling and iioor of the apartment aforesaid are provided with bolt-rod keepers f g, adjacent to the wall A, and a crank /L of therock-shaft is connected by a link-rod 2f fulcrum connection with the aforesaid frame, at the rear thereof. The front of the show-case being flush with the wall A, the crank-wheel Lis operated to project said show-case a predetermined distance from said wall and the lever Q actuated to shoot the bolt-rods N P intotheir keepers, thus locking said show-case in adjusted position. These operations are reversed when it is desirable to retract the show-case.

From the foregoing it will be understood that a window show-case in accordance with my invention may be projected to encroach on a sidewalk the legal limit allowedfor portable show-cases, this being a particular advantage of said invention, and said window show-case may be constructed with especial reference to the sale of goodsVr therefrom on the sidewalk, the details of the aforesaid invention being susceptible of indefinite variation as circumstances may require.

`Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

l. A show-case constituting a window having the lower portion of its frame rearwardly extended and means in conjunction with the frame for projecting and retracting the showcase with respect to an adjacent building-Wall.

2. A show-case constituting a window having the lower portion of its frame rearwardly extended, means in conjunction with the frame for projecting and retracting' the show-case with respect to an adjacent building-wall, and means for locking said show-case in adjusted position.

3. A show-case constituting a window having the lower portion of its frame rearwardly with a lever Q in IOO extended, rails provided in said lower portion of the frame, rail-opposing wheels havingstationary bearings within an apartment lighted by the window, and means for traveling the rails in contact with the wheels.

4. A show-case constituting awindow having the lower portion of its frame rearwardly extended, rails provided in the frame, standards in an apartment lighted by the window, wheelson studs of the standards in pairs above and below the rails with which they are in contact, shafts mounted in said frame, sprocketwheels on the shafts, link belts on the sprocketwheels and each connected to a standard, and a power-shaft hung in the aforesaid frame in gear connection with one oi' the shafts aforesaid.

5. A show-case constituting a window having the lower portion of its frame rearwardly extended, means in conjunction with the frame for projecting and retracting the show-case, holt-rods guided in the frame, a rock-shaft 'mages mounted in the frame and provided with a cross-head connected to the looltnrods, a lever in fulcrum connection with the frame, and a link-rod connecting the lever with a crank of the rock-shaft, suitably-arranged keepers being provided for said boltrods.

6. A show-case constituting a window, a platform rearward from the show-case, the frame for said show-case and that of the platform being unitary, and means in conjunction with the frame for projecting and retracting the show-case with respect to an adjacent building-wall.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of idlisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK J. OSIUS. 

